How much sleep does your child need?

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We have stopped giving my 3 yr old a nap, she agreed. She would fight taking a nap, no matter what time. Now bedtime is easier, she does not get out of bed anymore, and she is getting enough sleep. 12-13 every night. I know what works for her and us.

Dear Says, When I ran into this problem i found it was time to drop the afternoon nap. It took a couple of weeks for him to adjust (so he was a bit lethargic in the afternoons and there were no car rides in the afternoons for a month), but soon we had an 8 o'clock bedtime with a 6:30-7:00am wake up.

My Preschooler prefer play to siesta and sleep most times 10 pm, I find it difficult to wake him up in the morning because he wants to sleep more.This means he sleeps less than 13hrs as recommended for his age. What can I do?

I had the same problem and my 4 year old was going after me during the night. My husband got a matters put in his bedroom and slept there with him. Every time he tried to get up, he put his hand in his chest and not let him to get up ot of the bed. On the second night my 4 year old did not get up anymore. Good luck:)

My son who is 24 months old has slept through the night twice since birth. He falls asleep on the couch and then we put him to bed. He constantly wakes during the night. We have tried everything to routine rituals, but we would spend 2hrs trying to get him to sleep. Now he wakes up and sleeps in our bed. I'm worn out.

My son is 20 month n since we had newborn baby 10 days ago refuses to sleep at all .been sleeping through the night go before that since he was 5 weeks old.tried controlled crying gets so upset he cannot breather .had one our sleep a night since baby was born n now refuses to get in cot please help

Do these times matter in the terms of weight or is it simply based on age? Is there a difference? My 3 year old is 47 pounds and will only sleep 9 hours at night and sometimes takes a nap. . . . I've tried to put her to bed earlier but this only results in her getting up earlier.

My son is 3 1/2 & wont take a nap during the day, its been over a year now since he stopped. I wasn't too upset about it because this meant instead of staying up till 11pm, he would go to bed at 8pm no fuss, he sleeps from 8 to 8 every night & I love it.

My 4 year old is a great sleeper! He sleeps 11 hours at night and most days takes a 2 1/2 hour nap! He enjoys time alone in his bed for rest even if he isn't sleeping. Sometimes he wakes up cranky from his naps though.

my kid almost 31/2 year old she doesn't take nap since before 1 year. She go to bed at 9 pm and wake up on 7 am morning.All of the day she play with her soft toys and doesn't feel tired.I am trying to take her for nap but I fall asleep she doesn't.Any suggestions about this?

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